COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's leftist government asked former presidents, including the once-powerful Rajapaksa brothers, on Tuesday (Jan 21) to immediately vacate luxury government bungalows as part of a new austerity drive. The government has decided to convert the stately homes into upmarket boutique hotels or museums, Information Minister Nalinda Jayatissa told reporters in Colombo. He said the state would pay former leaders rent totalling US$107 a month, as they are entitled to under a 1986 law,

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